1. Paper Blood

In our shop, as you can see,
You'd be a man you wanna be.
Unhappy with the way it goes?
Just buy another life.
And our prices... who can beat?
Here's royal flesh and cannot meat
You name it – my associate
Is sharpening her knife...
Please take a peek inside, tell me how it feels like
When you're spilling paper blood
In the blaze of glory
Paper blood – on the holy ground
Paper blood – neverending story...
Paper blood makes the world go round and round.
We've got it covered to the tee...
Another wife? Just take a brief:
Look at this fine selection of those bitches from the East
We're selling friends, we're selling cars,
A recent show with superstars,
A child, a war, a heart, a soul –
It's all to make you pleased... right!
Nothing is too strange (when we are in this price range)
You're wasting paper blood
In the blaze of glory
Paper blood – on the holy ground
Paper blood – neverending story...
Paper blood can buy a tiny crown
For this sad and weary clown,
So he can smile and take a look around
Across his kingdom – fake as it could be
(And what's wrong with that?)
Where tears of joy're impossible to see
(What do we need them for?)
Where heartfelt laughter's not what you will hear
(And so what?)
Enough of that, 'coz it's my biggest fear.

2. Time

Time, how long it's gonna lasts?
I'm livin in the past and runnin' out of time...

I keep runnin' around in circles,
I keep walkin' in the dark,
I keep tryin' to wash away the devil's mark!

I have my reasons to remember,
I have my reasons to forget,
I have my reasons to reject a safety net!

'Cos we'll all fall down on the cold, cold ground,
Don't you turn around – who's crime?

Time – I'm runnin' out of
Time – I've wasted all my
Time – I'm gonna need some
I'm runnin out of time!

I'm gonna finish off confusions,
I'm gonna leave it all for good,
I'm gonna quit on being' left misunderstood!

I'm gettin' rid of my illusions,
I'm gettin' tired of the crowd,
I'm gettin' out, I'm checkin' out,
I'm gettin' out!

'Cos we'll all fall down on the cold, cold ground,
Don't you turn around – who's crime?

Time – I'm runnin' out of
Time – I've wasted all my
Time – I'm gonna need some
I'm runnin' out of time!

3. The Mission

"Move along it takes too long,you're holding back the line!"
I tell you –we've been waiting here forever
"Go ahead,don't worry-yet-'coz everything is fine"
A brand new world for us-it's now or never

We'll change the rules for those native fools
Hail intervention-we're under one flag
'coz we are on the mission and we'll never go back

Now we're on the mission-the average man
is down on his knees,so he won't understand
Above the suspicion and fear of the law
we do what we do what it takes to continue the war
The mission's right over your head
"It's not what you think"-as it's always been said
No visable victims-we're very discrete
There's no turning back 'til the day when the mission's
complete

"Hurry up and check the map,there must be something left"
Nobody's getting rich by moving slower
"Torch their towns,forget the clowns accusing us in theft"
Remember how it works-we're taking over!

It could be strange and will need some changes,so...
Hail intervention-we're under one flag
'coz we are on the mission and we'll never go back

4. Never Give Up

It's over now... I feel my sadness fades away
Wonder how we could survive and take it through another day?
I'd say chances are few – but they are out there,
Start something new – right now and right here
Look, I'm telling you...
We'll never give up, we'll never give in
Wherever this road's gonna lead us
We'll never give up, we're playin' to win
And heading right up to the top
We'll never give up, we'll never retreat
Whatever out there's gonna hit us
We'll never give up, we'll land on our feet
We'll make it come right in the end –
We'll never give up.
Seconds fly as if the're bullets. Could it be
Worth a try to cut them loose and let some peace come sown on me?
I see chances are few but the are out there,
Waiting for you to decide
To start something new – right now and right here –
To change your life tonight.

5. Can't Let Go

Kind of faraway country,million miles from our homes
Have no reason to be here – now, see how it goes
Sharing "wisdom and progress", but we're armed to the teeth
escalating this madness – tell me, why can't we leave?

'Coz we can't let go – no, we can't let go
can't let go – we just can't let go – ever

Every inch of their country we're proclaiming as free
'til the last of the natives have no places to be
Educating with fire, liberating with steel
pushing repatriation – do we care how they feel?

'Coz we can't let go – no, we can't let go
can't let go – we just can't let go
We're taking over 'coz we
can't let go – and never ever will
Can't let go – it;s just the way we're build
The only thing we know – until the final toll –
we'll never ever let go

6. Last Goodbye

Crime is done, I'm alone in the night.
There's no one to save, and there's no one to fight,
Now you're gone and I'm just looking around,
Chasin' shadows and traces in the sky, on the ground.

I pay for the miracle,
Father, don't take him away.
Rise up for a miracle,
Save him or don't let me stay...

Such a shame now you're out of my reach,
And it hurts, I don't know should I curse, should I preach?
Play the game – put a gun to your head,
Smile – give me a shot – pull the trigger – you're dead...

Goin' down, you're goin' down all the way,
Down the needle park.
Goin' down, you're goin' down like a little child,
Lost in the dark...

Last, last goodbye – you'll take yours and I'll take mine.
Dance around candle like a butterfly,
Can you tell me why?
Last, last goodbye – bitter as the silent cry,
Blowin' out the chance to do a second try,
Just another try...

Day by day, crossin' oceans of pain,
God I wish I could stop this old runaway train.
Far away like a shadow, a ghost,
Now the magic is gone and the spirit is lost...

Goin' down, you're goin' down all the way,
Down the needle park.
Goin' down, you're goin' down like a little child,
Lost in the dark...

Last, last goodbye – you'll take yours and I'll take mine.
Dance around candle like a butterfly,
Can you tell me why?
Last, last goodbye – bitter as the silent cry,
Blowin' out the chance to do a second try,
Just another try...

7. Follow Me

If pictures could talk there'd be too many voices
If sorrow could scream I'd be deaf in a day
I beg my memories to slowly fade away
Too many voices

If pain could've been seen there'd be too many faces
wherever I'd go – I'd rather be blind
And in the darkest night I'd loose my guiding light
but you I'll find even if I'm blind

Follow me – but I don't know where I'm going
Follow me down the road to something new
Follow me – there's no other way of knowing
what your heart is telling you

I'm planting my hopes and I harvest illusions
year after year – understood by a few
Sometimes it seems like I'm getting through to you
but it's just an illusion

I'm so afraid of loosing you
but there's nothing I can do
Nothing I can do but my heart is calling you – follow me

8. Cold City Lights

In the heat of night neon lights are so bright
I don't know where the hell they are leading me
So I walk like I'm blind, feel I'm loosing my mind
Are you sure it is how it's supposed to be?

No, but it seems to me I'm falling
down to the same old ground again

Cold City Lights all over you
Cold City's playing games with you
Cold City Lights make sure that nothing is what it seems
Cold City Lights you've got to know
Cold City'll never let you go
Cold City Lights all over land of the broken dreams

Everybody look down, what is wrong with this town?
Every piece of it's caught in a web of fear
In the middle of the crowd you can scream, you can shout
I'm afraid there's noone that'll ever hear you
and it seems to me you're falling down
to the same old ground again

Voices inside my head playing games and it sounds like a war
I'd pretend to be dead – no, no more

9. Martial Arts

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10. Surrender

"Open up the window"-said the light
"See into another world"
Is it only a dream?
Voices sound familiar in the night...could this be reality?
Or is it all in my mind?

Why me? Could I just be "The One"? Or have I come undone?

Head in through the door and start to run straight into another life,
dear old friends beside me
Never had a dream that's so surreal-could this be the end for me?
Am I losing my mind?

Still...I just stay.Can't run away-there's a price to pay

Look into the sky thru the naked eye,in a flash of light – surrender
Losing everything,soldiers march and sing.
Distant bells will ring – surrender
Let the children cry-earth will breath a sigh in a blaze of light – surrender
They're taking everything.
Demons dance and sing when the chimes will ring
The end is here

"Open up the window"-said the light-"Welcome to another world"
Dear old friends beside me
Voices so familiar every night-could this be reality?
Am I losing my mind?

11. Running Wild

I'm just a number, I don't know my name.
Unknown faces a part of the game.
Out in the desert the madness begins,
Who's talkin' mercy? We're playin' to win...

Better run around, there's no easy way out,
If you loose – take a stand,
So do whatever you can – again and again.

Running wild like creature of the night,
We're born to run – we never trust the light.
Running wild, we're so afraid to try,
We're all alone and everyone is blind,
Running wild...

You'll start the fire and livin' on a lie,
Rats get fat while good men die.
They got you running to follow the track,
You'll face the trouble with fear on the back...

12. Far Away

In the misty morning after darkest night,
I feel the heat, I do, and I remember,
Promises are broken now you're gone.
Don't turn me down,
I'm lost and I surrender...

Give me just a sign,
Help to cross the line,
We'll back time and starts again.

Far away – I can you're callin',
Far away – callin' up my name.
Far away – and the tears are fallin',
Far away – no one is to blame...

Some feelings won't come easy,
You have to hit them hard.
You've burned the bridge,
And I fell in a sea of sorrow.
Can you hear my prayer,
Just bring back yesterday,
I feel the pain, it makes me hate tomorrow...

Take me for a while,
Just to make me smile.
I wish I'll never ever cry again.

Far away – I can hear you're callin',
Far away – callin' up my name.
Far away – and the tears are fallin',
Far away – no one is to blame...

13. Lies

Feels like I'm covered in lies
so turn off the light, I'm closing my eyes
Flying back – ages ago
Curtain is down and I'm ready to go
back to the day when I looken into your eyes
Straight to your heart – when I knew
you've been telling me lies

Even the day when we met
I'll always recall with the deepest regret
Tell me what keeps you awake:
Talk of the angel or soul of the snake?
How can you live in your shadow from within
Hiding away from the light in the river of sin?

Lies, neverinding lies, I see it in your eyes
Did you stop believing?
Lies always cold as ice, even heaven cries
for you, but not forgiving
Lies – the way to paradise you're gonna pay the price
on the field of growing lies
Neverending lies need a sacrifice –
you're the one who's going down

Dealing with you on my own
Loosing my faith so I have to be strong
crossing the sea of mistrust while
looking for gold which you covered with dust

14. Wasted Time

You're out huntin' if I'm the prize – so roll the ball!
I'm like a mad dog, keep fightin' – back against the wall!

Come on I'll show you the world you never seen,
Come on I'll teach you – good fight is when you win!
(So listen up)

Wasted time, like a poison in my wine, I call it...
The perfect crime – like a bullet in the back it search you.
Time is running out it hurts you,
Goin' down because of wasted time...

I'll keep on tryin' – NO ONE ALLOWED – I'm out too late.
See losers cryin' – the sort thing I use to hate...

15. Message To God

The one who's watchin' over my shoulder – get a life!
I see your arms are nailed to the cross, but your eyes are so alive.
I never thought you're lying but now it's turned around,
So many hearts are dying – you let them down,
Over and over again...

Can't reach you, can't meet you,
I give you everything I've got.
You hear me, don't leave me,
It's my message to you, God.
Can't see you, can't feel you,
I've lost just everything I've got,
Forget me, you've left me,
It's my message to you, God...

We're busy burnin' witches the way we learned from you.
We're good at killing creatures, so teach us something new, come on!
One of your own creations is kind of hard to understand,
You, freak of nature – just tell me why did you create us man?

Traces on the floor, I can't hear the door closing me.
Right inside my dream, it's a sign from him – let me be.
Sunrise through the dust – future is the past chasin' me.
Shadows on the wall, voices down the halls calling me,
Over and over again...

16. Epilogue

Sailin' away – alone in the ships of time,
Wanderin' bout the past – stayin' lost in line.
Never ending story of both night and day,
Everything's been lost along the way...

Over the years all the friends I've had,
Rushed to settle down before they died.
In the darkest hour – screams into the night,
Everyone's who never seen the light.

Someone's lost and someone's found,
Someone's movin' 'round and 'round.
Someone's pushin' all the way and hit's the ground.
Someone's came and someone's gone,
Someone's livin' on the run.
Someone's made it, someone's not,
To see the dawn...

Minute by minute, hour by hour's gone,
Left me alone, kept twistin' me 'round and 'round.
Every single piece of me will cry for help,
Do I have to take that final step?

Someone's lost and someone's found,
Someone's movin' 'round and 'round.
Someone's pushin' all the way and hit's the ground.
Someone's came and someone's gone,
Someone's livin' on the run.
Someone's made it, someone's not,
To see the dawn...

17. Long Way Home

When the nigh is calling I shut another door,
Celebrating loneliness I never knows before.
I miss a place to call my own – it's a long way home...
In my open prison cell just everything I've got,
Disappeared in silence every word I've said is not.
And now I'm lost and all alone – it's a long way home...

It's a long road, but ever longer to the blind,
And I've been searchin' way too long.
Still I can't find the place where I belong
It's a long way home...

You see me suffer on my knees – I wish I knew just what it means.
You watch us come, you watch us go – he tells me something I don't know.
You've set me up, I thought I'm free – just tell me where you wanna be?
Another step and I'll be gone – what you will do can be undone...